TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT BRANCHING OFF FROM BUREAUCRACY 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT TRUNK-BASED? ALSO KNOWN AS ▸ Master-Based ▸ Single Branch CONTRASTED WITH ▸ Gitflow ▸ GitHub Flow 

FEATURE BRANCHING IS A POOR MAN’S MODULAR ARCHITECTURE… Daniel Worthington-Bodart TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS TEAM SIZE ROLES TRUST WORKFLOW LIFE CYCLE 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS BAZAAR CATHEDRAL TEAM SIZE ROLES TRUST WORKFLOW LIFE CYCLE 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS Unlimited Limited TEAM SIZE ROLES TRUST WORKFLOW LIFE CYCLE BAZAAR CATHEDRAL 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS Unlimited Limited TEAM SIZE ROLES TRUST WORKFLOW LIFE CYCLE BAZAAR CATHEDRAL Loose Precise 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS Unlimited Limited TEAM SIZE ROLES TRUST WORKFLOW LIFE CYCLE BAZAAR CATHEDRAL Loose Low Precise High 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS Unlimited Limited TEAM SIZE ROLES TRUST WORKFLOW LIFE CYCLE BAZAAR CATHEDRAL Loose Low Asynchronous Precise High Synchronous 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS Unlimited Limited TEAM SIZE ROLES TRUST WORKFLOW LIFE CYCLE BAZAAR CATHEDRAL Loose Low Asynchronous Complex Precise High Synchronous Streamlined 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT EMBRACE CATHEDRAL TO THE EXTREME ▸ Do not postpone what you can do now ▸ Pair programming ▸ Test-first approach ▸ CI with feature toggles ▸ Code review ▸ Waiting for incidents ▸ Feature branching INSTEAD OF 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT EMBRACE CATHEDRAL TO THE EXTREME ▸ Do not postpone what you can do now ▸ Pair programming ▸ Test-first approach ▸ CI with feature toggles ▸ Code review ▸ Waiting for incidents ▸ Feature branching INSTEAD OF 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT EMBRACE CATHEDRAL TO THE EXTREME ▸ Do not postpone what you can do now ▸ Pair programming ▸ Test-first approach ▸ CI with feature toggles ▸ Code review ▸ Waiting for incidents ▸ Feature branching INSTEAD OF 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT EMBRACE CATHEDRAL TO THE EXTREME ▸ Do not postpone what you can do now ▸ Pair programming ▸ Test-first approach ▸ CI with feature toggles ▸ Code review ▸ Waiting for incidents ▸ Feature branching INSTEAD OF 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT EMBRACE CATHEDRAL TO THE EXTREME ▸ Do not postpone what you can do now ▸ Pair programming ▸ Test-first approach ▸ CI with feature toggles ▸ Code review ▸ Waiting for incidents ▸ Feature branching INSTEAD OF 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT EMBRACE CATHEDRAL TO THE EXTREME ▸ Do not postpone what you can do now ▸ Pair programming ▸ Test-first approach ▸ CI with feature toggles ▸ Code review ▸ Waiting for incidents ▸ Feature branching INSTEAD OF 

TRUNK-BASED DEVELOPMENT WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? ▸ Practices named and described one decade ago ▸ Nothing changed validity their validity ▸ Question your process from time to time